As the investigation intensifies, other police officers must try to restrain Davenport so that he stays within the law. The re-opened case leads to the death of a Minneapolis police officer, a longtime friend of Davenport’s. “Sounds like something the Nazis would think of.”Īnother theme that emerges is the revenge factor law enforcement officers sometimes face. “That makes me a little uncomfortable,” Davenport responds. So you go to some other family member for DNA - you know, as a volunteer or you compel it with some other arrest - and use that DNA to nail down the first guy.” “Say you get some DNA,” a lab guy tells Davenport, “and you think you know who the bad guy is, but you’re not sure, and you don’t want him to know that you’re looking at him. Pick it up on a free evening and I am sure you would not put it down until it is over. Davenport by this time also is married and a family man and not as much the womanizer he once was.ĭNA evidence in this novel, and in real life, is still problematic. Buried Prey is one of the best yet by John Sandford. This time, computer technology, cell phones and DNA lab tests are on his side. Flashing forward to the present, Davenport takes on the re-opened case.
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